Generic PHP client to access REST APIs

This publication describes a generic api rest client suitable for all PHP packages.

Installation

You can install the package via composer:

composer require pbmengine/php-restclient

Basic Usage

use Pbmengine\Restclient\HttpClient;

$client = new HttpClient; 

// or

$client = new HttpClient(\GuzzleHttp\Client, 'https://example.com/v1', ['timeout' => 30]); 

$response = $client->get('users');
$response = $client->jsonPayload(['id' : 1])->post('users');

Client Methods

$client->baseUrl('https://example.com/v1');

$client->options(['http_errors' => false, 'timeout' => 30]);
$client->option('http_errors', false);

$client->authorizationBearer('token');
$client->authorizationHttp('username', 'password');
$client->authorizationDigest('username', 'password');

$client->headers(['API-KEY' => 30]);
$client->header('API-KEY', 30);

$client->queryParams(['embed' => 'resource']);
$client->queryParam('embed', 'resource');

$client->jsonPayload([]);
$client->multipartPayload([]);
$client->formParamsPayload([]);

$client->getHeaders();
$client->getQueryParams();
$client->getBody();
$client->getRequestUrl('endpoint');

$response = $client->get('users');
$response = $client->post('users');
$response = $client->put('users/12');
$response = $client->delete('users/12');
$response = $client->patch('users/12');
$response = $client->head('users/12');

Response Methods

$response->statusCode(); // 200
$response->headers(); // []
$response->raw(); // ResponseInterface
$response->raw()->getHeaders(); // []
$response->isValid(); // true
$response->isServerError(); // false
$response->isClientError(); // false
$response->content(); // StdClass
$response->contentAsArray(); // Array
$response->contentAsJson(); // Json String
$response->contentAsCollection(); // Illuminate Collection

Use Case several requests

$client = (new HttpClient)
    ->baseUrl('https://example.com')
    ->authorizationBearer('your token');

// get all users    
$response = $client
    ->queryParam('embed', 'client');
    ->get('users'); 

// update user
$response = $client
    ->jsonPayload(['name' => 'John'])
    ->put('users/' . $response->content()->data->id);

// set new Bearer
$client->authorizationBearer('another token');

// delete user
$response = $client->delete('users/id');

Testing

composer test

Changelog

Please see CHANGELOG for more information on what has changed recently.

Contributing

Please see CONTRIBUTING for details.

Security

If you discover any security related issues, please email systems@personal-business-machine.com instead of using the issue tracker.

Credits

• Stefan Riehl
• All Contributors

License

The MIT License (MIT). Please see License File for more information.